We have received news coverage from around the world about MUSIC & MEMOR’s work to improve care facility residents’ quality of life with personalised music. We’re deeply grateful for the outpouring of enthusiasm and support from so many readers and listeners. Also below are details of any upcoming events.
Events
We hope you can make it to our workshop on Thursday 20th September – lots of other great workshops on. All part of the Unforgettable launch of the Caregiver’s club and news of their new music player. Come and see us at 3.50pm. The workshop will introduce you to Music & Memory and why personalised music is so powerful for people living with dementia. We will explore how you can use personalised music to support and extend care in ways that work for you. From the workshop you will learn how to be a music detective and start creating a playlist. See you there!
We are delighted to invite you to our FREE get together for caregivers in London on 20th September. It is an opportunity for caregivers and people living with dementia to meet up, listen to guest speakers, attend workshops and hear about our exciting new Caregivers Club.
A complimentary lunch and refreshments will be provided as well as an Unforgettable goodie bag including a mug and a free copy of our Family Guide to Dementia, worth £7.99.
Our event will open at 10.30am and runs until 4.30pm and will feature demonstrations of our best-selling products and a series of interactive workshops delivered by our partner organisations. There will also be music provided by Mycal Miller with his Memories Disco. The full list is below, times TBC, but we will let you know by e-mail when times are confirmed.
Playlist for Life – Sarah Metcalfe
British Heart Foundation – Emily McGrath/Ross King
LloydsPharmacy – Shilpa Shah
Music 4 Memory – Alison Shaw
Dementia Carers Count – Claire Goodchild
Music & Memory – Simon Warner-Bore
Innovations in Dementia CIC – Rachael Litherland
British Gymnastics Foundation – Steve Peters
Story Chaplain – Charlotte Overton-Hart
Re:Cognition Health – Giselle Agim
John’s Campaign – Julia Jones
My Care Matters – Zoe Harris
RemindMe Care – Simon Hooper/Ettiene Abrahams
Many Happy Returns – Sarah Reed
You are welcome to come for the whole day, or for any part of the day. A complimentary lunch will be served between 12.30pm and 2.30pm, and tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available throughout the day.
General Coverage
A Selection of Television/Radio
PBS News Hour
Music helps people in nursing home once considered unreachable. 2-5-2018
Joanne Faryon reports on use of personalized music for people with severe brain injuries in a MUSIC & MEMORY® Certified Care Organization in California, including research about the benefits of personalized music being conducted at UC-Davis.
CBS: New York
Dr. Max Gomez: Music Helps Fight Dementia, 2-14-2017
CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reports on Music & Memory and the impact of personalized music.
ABC-TV Catalyst
Music on the Brain, 6-6-2016
ABC-TV Catalyst explores how personalized playlists can re-awaken the brains of people with advanced dementia … and even allow people with severe Parkinson’s disease to unfreeze and move.
PBS News Hour
Music helps people in nursing home once considered unreachable. 2-5-2018
Joanne Faryon reports on use of personalized music for people with severe brain injuries in a MUSIC & MEMORY® Certified Care Organization in California, including research about the benefits of personalized music being conducted at UC-Davis.
CBS: New York
Dr. Max Gomez: Music Helps Fight Dementia, 2-14-2017
CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reports on Music & Memory and the impact of personalized music.
ABC-TV Catalyst
Music on the Brain, 6-6-2016
ABC-TV Catalyst explores how personalized playlists can re-awaken the brains of people with advanced dementia … and even allow people with severe Parkinson’s disease to unfreeze and move.
Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) Radio
Music of Memory on All in the Mind, 11-8-15
Radio host Lynne Malcolm interviews Dan Cohen and Australian experts about the power of personal music in this in-depth report.
CNN
Music opens a ‘back door’ to the brain, 6-22-15
Dr.Sanjay Gupta interviews Dan Cohen about the origins of Music & Memory and how personalized music reawakens people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
NPR Science Friday
Tapping Into Musical Memory, 8-1-14
Oliver Sacks and Dan Cohen explain why music acts as a backdoor to memory and share tips for enjoying music with the elders in your life.
ABC World News Tonight
iPods Awaken Memories Through Music for Those With Alzheimer’s, 3-5-14
Diane Sawyer’s “America Strong” segment features Music & Memory; Byron Pitts reports from a MUSIC & MEMORY? Certified Care Organization, Rocky Knoll Health Care Center in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
A Selection of Print/Blogs
CPI
How Music & Memory Fosters Engagement and Joy (Unrestrained – Episode 50), 3-15-18
Rolling Stone
Elvis Costello Talks Personal Reasons Behind New Alzheimer’s PSA, 2-10-2017
The Wall Street Journal
He Missed Woodstock, and It Inspired His Life’s Work, 6-8-16 [PDF download]
People.com
Music + Memory: The Organization Working to Bring Music to Nursing Homes Across America, 12-16-15
Salon.com
“Alive Inside”: Music may be the best medicine for dementia, 7-15-14
CNN Money
iPod music triggers patients’ lost memory, 8-21-13
Guardian.co.uk
How music acts as medicine for the soul, 6-28-12
Health Care Media Coverage
HHC Today
Dementia Patients Stay Calm Without Medication, November 2013
Medscape
Music Therapy Brings Dementia Patients ‘Back to Life,’ 8-23-12
Adviser: Leading Age/New York
My Music, My Memory, Summer 2012
Care Advocate
Reconnecting with Musical Memories: The Song Remembers When,
July/August 2012
Additional national coverage can be found at Shore Fire Media.